A Brief Introduction to Housing Issues

·         UK house prices have more than trebled in the past 20 years (ONS basis)

·         Fewer under-25s are buying homes, while houses are more expensive for  first-time buyers relative to their incomes

·         Social housing waiting lists have risen, and rents are becoming more  expensive

·         Housebuilding is at its lowest peacetime position since the 1920s in  England and Wales

·         The UK still compares well internationally on overcrowding and unaffordability

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